Abstract

The issue of ICT and economic growth has received much attention with respect to the developed countries as opposed to the developing countries. Yourself, A., [1], highlighted that ICT enhances economic growth of developing countries by way of: providing cheaper, quality, and empowered communication to marginalized communities Majority of empirically analyzed papers found out that development of ICT use leads to growth in GDP per capita, employment and productivity in a country. According to the research conducted by the World Economic Forum (World Economic Forum, 2013) a 10 percent rise in the ICT sector of a country leads to a 0.76 percentage rise in GDP per capita, also a 1.03 percentage increase in the rates of employment.

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